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Studied at Athens under students of Greek philosopher Plato (c. 428348 or 347B.C.)
before he founded a school of mathematics in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy I Is best known for his work titled Elements, a thirteen-volume textbook on the
principles of mathematics.
Reasons for choosing the Mathematician to study :His major contributions are in geometry and in his book The Elements; he gave many rules of geometry which are also used nowadays. Books of Euclid provide a base of geometry. Euclids ideas and theories are still considered as basics of mathematics. His most famous work was Metrics. It will also help us in knowing the relation of mathematics to other varied elements of culture such as art, architecture, crafts, religion, philosophy and etc. By studying about this mathematician we can get to know the depth of the subject. Besides that, expose to method how this mathematician derived many new theories and calculation. Make the students more eager to learn mathematic. A study of the history of mathematics will help us to understand this cultural heritance.
The book include the treatises on plane geometry, propotion, astronomy, and music. Euclids first few books of element are still used until now to teach plane geometry by modified the versions. Euclid is famous because his book are very easy to understand. His books are used as the main math book in all schools in Europe, West Asia, and America for 2 thousand years, until the 20th century. He wrote the Elements, a thirteen-volume set of textbooks of geometry (the study of points, lines, angles, and surfaces)the oldest major mathematical work existing in the Western world.
References
http://chabyeofmath.wordpress.com/geometri-euclid/ http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Euclid.aspx http://telasiado.suite101.com/euclids-life-and-the- elements-a93783 https://www.google.com.my/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
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